Section 4 of the Data Provision Requirements and Condition 6 of the AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Continuing Registration will require, from 1 January 2014, that the RTO:

• obtain full AVETMISS data according to the requirements, and subject to any applicable exemption, provided under the National VET Provider collection Data Requirements Policy;
• submit data compliant with AVETMISS according to the requirements, and subject to any applicable exemption, provided under the National VET Provider collection Data Requirements Policy; and
• comply with any other data provision requirements set out in the National VET Provider Collection Data Requirements Policy.

Condition 6 of the AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Initial Registration will require, from 1 January 2014, that the applicant demonstrate the capacity to obtain and submit AVETMISS compliant data according to the requirements set out in the National VET Provider Collection Data Requirements Policy.
All RTOs, and applicants who wish to become an RTO, are required to meet the same set of national standards for regulation. Depending on their regulator, these standards will either be the AQTF Essential Conditions and Standards for Initial / Continuing Registration or the VET Quality Framework. Whilst they are structured differently, there is no substantial difference in effect or intent between the AQTF and the VET Quality Framework.

The Data Provision Requirements outline the requirements for applicants and registered training organisations (RTOs) to capture and provide data to ASQA.

The data required relates to registration and performance information, including quality indicator data and information derived from the Australian Vocational Education and Training Management of Information Statistical Standard (AVETMISS).

The AVETMISS national data standard is the standard for VET providers operating in Australia that ensures consistent and accurate capture of VET information about students, their courses, units of activity and the qualifications reported. AVETMISS is the mechanism for national reporting in the VET system.

The Data Provision Requirements require relevant applicants and RTOs to show that they have adequate systems to capture and report on this data against the agreed quality indicators.

The types of data that ASQA may request include:

RTOs are required to use the Competency Completion Online System  (CCOS) to report competency completion data. RTOs must report on competency completion at qualification and unit of competency level.

RTOs that report delivery activity via the AVETMISS National VET Collection can have competency completion data pre-populated into the CCOS by NCVER. This pre-populated data still needs to be reviewed by the RTO and submitted through the CCOS.

RTOs are required to use the Learner Questionnaire and the Employer Questionnaire to collect the data for the learner engagement and employer satisfaction quality indicators.

The survey tools and other supporting guides are available from the National Skills Standards Council.

RTOs must use one of the following systems to report to ASQA on the questionnaire feedback:

Survey Management, Analysis and Reporting Tool 

ASQA's Quality indicator annual summary report template

The ‘General direction—Quality indicators' states that ASQA requires enterprise RTOs, like all other RTOs, to gather employer satisfaction data. Persons such as day-to-day supervisors of learners are best placed to respond to the survey.